Just got round to buying DJmag & reading a piece on Producer/artisan Deniz Kurtel & I got thinking: despite the moves made in the industry, the democrotising power of The Web, people (mostly blokes) STILL seem to view women mixer/producers with a blend of resentment, suspicion & incredulity:

WHY?

Throughout the ages, women have challenged convention to assert their right to be treated & judged on their merits – what they DO not what/who they are. Does the extra testosterone make it impossible for guys to comprehend women are capeble of of creative/technical acheivment?

George Sands, Ida Lupino, Gail ‘Sky’ King, Liesl Meitner all example of women who excelled in their chosen field – and struggled against blatant discrimiation.

I’m not trying to be ‘rairly cool, yar’, I’m often swayed by appearances (in a broad sense of ‘first impressions’, however I do that regardless of gender) but as far as I’m concerned it’s how you throw down as a DJ/Produced/writer rather than if you have a Y-chromosome.

The fact that it’s STILL an issue is rather depressing. This is however, offset by women just going for it regardless.